Stoneseed (2)
Fringed Gromwell
Lithospermum incisum
Family:
Borage (Boraginaceae)
AKA:
Fringed Puccoon, Narrowleaf Stoneseed,
Showy Stoneseed
Photo taken on:
May 28, 2008
Location:
White Rock, NM
Life Zones:
Plains to montane
Habitat:
Dry areas, gravelly slopes, canyons
Grows from 4" to 20" with narrow, lance-shaped leaves. The trumpet-shaped flower has fringed petals and can be 2-3" long.
Manyflowered Puccoon
Lithospermum multiflorum
Family:
Borage (Boraginaceae)
AKA:
Puccoon, Manyflowered Stoneseed, Wayside Gromwell
Photo taken on:
June 18, 2011
Location:
Water Canyon Trail, Los Alamos, NM
Life Zones:
Foothills to subalpine
Habitat:
Dry woods, openings
Grows to 14" in a clump with leafy, leaning stems and narrow leaves. Flowers are tubular but smaller and less fringed than Fringed Gromwell.